Guitars are made and repaired by luthiers.

Guitars are recognized as a primary instrument in genres such as blues, bluegrass, country, flamenco, jazz, jota, mariachi, metal, reggae, rock, soul, and many forms of pop.

Other types of material used to make guitar necks are graphite ( Steinberger guitars ), aluminum ( Kramer Guitars, Travis Bean and Veleno guitars ), or carbon fiber ( Modulus Guitars and ThreeGuitars ).

Guitars constructed like this are often called " flame tops.

Guitars modified in this way use heavy-gauge strings for a heavier sound and are normally tuned in Drop D, though the Presidents play half a step lower in C #.

Guitars are commonly heavily distorted or otherwise treated.

Now, Martin Guitars are made largely on an assembly line monitored and assisted by workers, computers, and lasers.

The " Castanet Guitars " are electric guitars played with mallets and are electronically treated to sound something like castanets.

The NS / Stick and Warr Guitars are also built for tapping, though not exclusively.

Guitars are normally clean and undistorted but often feature heavy use of reverb.

In these types of guitars, Paul Reed Smith Guitars and Gibson guitars are the closest nominal equivalents, though Heritage is a much smaller company making far fewer guitars.

Crazy Chief's lead guitarist and bassist are well known as the owners of Cowtown Guitars, a vintage guitar store in downtown las vegas, and their singer also fronts a Doors cover band in Las Vegas.

Companies like Ibanez and Dean Guitars have launched an exotic wood series featuring cocobolo and other exotic woods ( those there are laminates, with a cocobolo veneer ).

Guitars are also prohibited, as they also do not fit with Islam.

Hagar currently endorses Yamaha Guitars, which are currently producing a line of Hagar signature guitars named the Yamaha AES620 SH.

While playing with Angels & Airwaves Kennedy is often seen playing his Gibson Memphis Custom Shop ES-335 Diamond Limited Run Electric Guitars, in all three colors in which they are available.

At the Winter NAMM of 2008, ESP Guitars unveiled three new 8-string guitars: two of them, part of Stephen Carpenter's signature line, are in 27 " baritone scale, and an LTD version, the FM-408, in 25. 5 " standard scale ; both versions are of neck-through-body construction.

The ESP Original series moreover has three other lines of Guitars, Edwards, Grassroots and Navigator and are mostly based on these models as well as some ESP Standard series Models.

From the earliest beginnings until the present day, Jackson Guitars is known for its slender, elegant designs, and feature aggressive motifs that are popular with hard rock and metal musicians.

Guitars and dulcimers are frequently allowed in sessions without strict "' traditional ' instruments only " rules.

An award ceremony takes place every year where miniature Golden Guitars are given as awards to artists and musicians in recognition of their achievements and contributions in the genre of country music.

Guitars can be constructed to meet the demands of both left and right-handed players.

Like Miller, the Creedence and Axton lyrics probably use the word " Kalamazoo " as an oblique reference to Gibson Guitars, which made various models named " Kalamazoo ", all prominently adorned with the city's name as their origin.

He has since left Ibanez and started using various other guitar models, most notably PRS Guitars which he is an endorser of, using their Singlecut and Tremonti signature models.

During the 1970s, Kessel presented his seminar ' The Effective Guitarist ' in various locations around the world, and he performed extensively with Ellis and Charlie Byrd as the " Great Guitars.

Also used were an Ibanez Custom Shop guitar ( probably based on an RG ), a custom from Performance Guitars, a couple of various unknown Strat style guitars and a black Hurricane EX Series with 3 single coil pickups.

A former Roxy model, Tristan has also has appeared in many ads for various musical products such as Taylor Guitars.

The dreadnought style was designed by Martin Guitars to produce a deeper sound than " classic "- style guitars, with very present bass fundamentals.

Grant participated in Lifetime's 1st Annual " Girls & Guitars " benefit, singing numerous songs, including a duet with Melissa Etheridge on " You Can Sleep While I Drive ".

* Ibanez Guitars has released second generation of H. R. Giger Signature Models hr giger RG & hr giger S series with legacy artwork on the guitar body, second generation of 4-string guitar bass SRXHRG1 also released with the same concept.

In September 1972 Hoshino began a partnership with Elger Guitars to import guitars from Japan.

Among the nation's first bands that played Christian rock was The Crusaders, a Southern Californian garage rock band, whose November 1966 Tower Records album Make a Joyful Noise with Drums and Guitars is considered one of the first gospel rock releases, or even " the first record of Christian rock ", and Mind Garage, " arguably the first band of its kind ", whose 1967 Electric Liturgy was recorded in 1969 at RCA's " Nashville Sound " studio.

After the war, in 1946, she returned to her home in France, where she composed orchestral and chamber music, plus numerous other works including the ballets Paris-Magie ( with Lise Delarme ) and Parisiana ( for the Royal Ballet of Copenhaugen ), the operas Il était un petit navire ( with Henri Jeanson ), Dolores, La petite sirène ( with Philip Soupault, based on Hans Christian Andersen's story " The Little Mermaid ") and Le maître ( to a libretto by Ionesco ), the musical comedy Parfums, the Concerto des vaines paroles, for baritone voice, piano and orchestra, the Concerto for Soprano and Orchestra, the Concertino for Flute, Piano and Orchestra, the Second Piano Concerto, the Concerto for Two Guitars and Orchestra, her Second Sonata for Violin and Piano, the Sonata for Harp, as well as an impressive number of film and television scores.

on independent label Oak Records produced by lead-guitarist Pete Anderson ; this was later re-released by Reprise records, with several additional tracks, as his major-label debut LP, 1986's Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc ..

Currently, the Bulgarian " bards " enjoy several festivals ( local and international ) per year, namely the PoKi Festival ( Poets with Guitars, Poetic Strings ) in the town of Harmanli, the Bardfest in Lovech, the Sofia Evenings of Singer-Songwriters, and others.

The first patent was awarded in 1979, and shortly afterward, Rose made an agreement with Kramer Guitars because he could no longer keep up with demand manufacturing the bridges by hand.

DeLoach subsequently recorded with Two Guitars, Piano, Drum and Darryl, while Weis and Penrod went on to form the group Rhinoceros.

Belew has recently moved into instrument design, collaborating with Parker Guitars to help design his own Parker Fly signature guitar.

* Video " Martin Guitars New Museum " WLVT Television News Show " Tempo " Episode 545, last segment, features interview with C. F.

* Boon Gould: Guitars ( 1980 – 1987 ; founding member )< sup > 1 </ sup > — left due to ill health, and being unhappy with the musical direction but continues to write with Mark King

* Jakko Jakszyk: Guitars ( 1991 – 1993 ; 1994 ) — toured with the band until they originally stopped working together in 1994

Lang's compositions, based on the Red Hot Jazz database, included " Wild Cat " with Joe Venuti, " Perfect " with Frank Signorelli, " April Kisses " ( 1927 ), " Sunshine ", " Melody Man's Dream ", " Goin ' Places ", " Black and Blue Bottom ", " Bull Frog Moan ", " Rainbow Dreams ", " Feelin ' My Way ", " Eddie's Twister ", " Really Blue ", " Penn Beach Blues ", " Wild Dog ", " Pretty Trix ", " A Mug of Ale ", " Apple Blossoms ", " Beating the Dog ", " To To Blues ", " Running Ragged ", " Kicking the Cat ", " Cheese and Crackers ", " Doin ' Things ", " Blue Guitars ", " Guitar Blues " with Lonnie Johnson, " Hot Fingers ", " Have to Change Keys to Play These Blues ", " A Handful of Riffs ", " Blue Room ", " Deep Minor Rhythm Stomp ", " Two-Tone Stomp ".